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Scotland needs to facilitate referendum debate which doesn’t rely on misinformation, half-truths and personality-led rhetoric fed by a toxic social media environment.
TikTok’s popularity continues to rise, while other social media networks have seen a decline.
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The Chinese-owned app TikTok continues its growth as one of the most popular social media networks. After pandemic health measures were lifted, other social media networks saw a decline in use.
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Checks on information shared by politicians in Europe and the US showed those in the US shared more untrustworthy material.
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For teachers, technology is an important and useful tool. But they and their students need more guidance.
Blythe Pepino, founder of BirthStrike, on the Tucker Carlson show.
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BirthStrike offers a salutary lesson about how core messages can be misconstrued and misunderstood when put through a high-profile media lens.
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Scuttlebutt is an entirely decentralised social network – and it shows we can learn to make the internet better.
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Parents and teenager have the best chance of cracking internet addiction when adults acknowledge they have a problem too.
Fake science websites are dressing up their content as verified and authoritative.
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Bogus science articles are attempting to take advantage of our trust in experts.
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As an anthropologist, I have chronicled the digital nomad lifestyle for the past seven years. The reality is far less glamorous than you might imagine
Online reviews are not always what they might seem.
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A recent extortion scam involved threatening to leave unfavourable reviews to restaurants unless they paid up shows the dangers of relying on the wisdom of crowds.
The chatbots are turning on their creators.
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BlenderBot3’s distaste for its creator sits uncomfortably with its taciturn approach to hate speech.
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The metaverse could open up more access to travel, entertainment and work for all.
Technology companies need to tackle data-related emissions, not just electronic waste.
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Online life produces a surprising amount of emissions that need to be tackled alongside physical e-waste.
Alex Jones claimed being deplatformed hurt his income.
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Online extremists may lose followers when removed from mainstream social media, but their remaining supporters can become even more toxic.
Content marketing encourages social media users to like and share posts.
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Social media ads are set to change under new content marketing regulations.
The amount of information online is overwhelming.
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The study is the largest of its kind. Researchers hope it could be a breakthrough in the fight against misinformation.
United fans are calling for a stadium boycott – but the majority live thousands of miles from Old Trafford.
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Social media calls for a boycott of the club’s upcoming match against Liverpool seem to mostly becoming from outside the UK.
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Anti-vaccine group moderators said Facebook provided an environment where they could safely offer support to others.
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford is one of the Premier League players who receives the most targeted abuse on Twitter.
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One in 14 Premier League footballers receives online abuse every day.
Joe Biden and Donald Trump supporters, like these two, are more likely to be polarized by TV news than online echo chambers.
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Studies of online echo chambers don’t paint the full picture of Americans’ political segregation. New research shows that the problem is more Fox News Channel and MSNBC than Facebook and Twitter.